Little River Airport (ICAO: KLLR, FAA LID: LLR, formerly O48) is a small county-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Little River, in Mendocino County, California, United States.[1]

Little River Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KLLR FAA LID: LLR
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Mendocino County
Serves	Little River, California
Elevation AMSL	572 ft / 174 m
Coordinates	39°15′43″N 123°45′13″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 11/29 5,249 1,600 Asphalt
Statistics (2004)
Aircraft operations 6,300
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned LLR by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

History

In 1945, this airport was built by the Navy served as an outlying field to NALF Santa Rosa.[3] The Naval Auxiliary Air Station at Santa Rosa, California, was part of a network of training airfields supporting Naval Air Station Alameda.[4]

The airport offered commercial air service beginning in the late 1940s, provided by Southwest Airways utilizing World War II surplus DC-3s.[5]

Facilities and aircraft

Little River Airport covers an area of 548 acres (222 ha) and contains one asphalt paved runway designated 11/29 which measures 5,249 by 150 feet (1,600 x 46 m). For the 12-month period ending February 4, 2004, the airport had 6,300 aircraft operations, an average of 17 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% air taxi.[1]

References

External links

• Mendocino County - Dept. of Transportation - Airports
• Little River Airport Pilot's Association
• Airport information for KLLR at AirNav
• Aeronautical chart and airport information for LLR at SkyVector

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